Nectanabis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Nectanebus, Nectanebes

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νεκτάναβις (Nektánabis), itself from Egyptian (nḫt-nb.f).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nekˈta.na.bis/, [nɛkˈt̪änäbɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nekˈta.na.bis/, [nekˈt̪äːnäbis]

Proper noun

Nectanabis m sg (genitive Nectanabis); third declension

1. The name of a king of Egypt

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nectanabis
Genitive	Nectanabis
Dative	Nectanabī
Accusative	Nectanabem
Ablative	Nectanabe
Vocative	Nectanabis

References

• “Nectanabis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Nectanabis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.